Ellwood City approves paving contract

ELLWOOD CITY — Ellwood City Council cleared the way to begin its 2011 paving program at its meeting Monday.

In a 6-0 vote, with Councilman John Todorich absent, council awarded a contract of $110,593.25 to Folino Construction of Oakmont for the paving work. Borough Manager Dom Viccari said the street paving list went almost unscathed from the projects approved last month.

The exception was the project to repave the rear portion of Meadowridge Drive in the borough’s Walnut Ridge neighborhood. Viccari said the bids to repave Meadowridge came in nearly $20,000 higher than anticipated and including it would have broken Ellwood City’s paving budget for the year.

Money for the street paving comes from the borough’s liquid fuels allotment, which is the local share of revenue from Pennsylvania’s 32-cents-a-gallon gasoline tax. The state disburses funds from the tax based on the amount of roads a municipality has and how much traffic those roads carry.

Ellwood City received around $184,000 from the liquid fuels fund. The borough’s remaining liquid fuels money will be used to pave Meadowridge next spring and to buy road equipment.

Borough officials decided to add Division Avenue to the paving list and rebid Meadowridge next spring. Work could begin immediately, depending upon the contractor’s schedule.

Streets to be paved this year: Fairview Avenue from Beechwood Boulevard to Wayne Avenue; Garfield Drive from east of McKinley Way to Harding Way; Cherry Way from Lawrence Avenue to Crescent Avenue; Harrison Way from Lee Way to Hazel Avenue; Filmore Way from Dom’s Alley to Bridge Street; Lee Way from Oakland Avenue to Harrison Way; and Bell Avenue from Fourth to Sixth Street.

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